#im british okay?

[justanothertiredstudent]

YAAASSS GAY ANGELS!!!! THEY KISSED ONSCREEN!!! HIS DARK MATERIALS GETTING OFF TO A GREAT START. We love Will going to find lyra! Iroek is as great as ever.

#his dark materials #still at ep 1 #im british okay? #bbc #releasing them late #lyra silvertongue #gay angels #not queerbaiting?? #gay #philip pullman #representation #bbc his dark materials #autistic rambling

[andromeddog]

horse time

#my art #ww1 art #ww1 #historical oc #oc stuff #would a british cavalryman in 1914 say yeehaw??? #also i know the pennon is way too long but im going for an aesthetic thing here okay

[skitskatdacat63]

these made me have a mental breakdown at 3 am tbh

#I DONT EVEN THINK I NEED TO SAY WHAT IM THINKING ABOUT THESE #THE TOP TWO ARE JUST SSDOSJFLKFJ;DKOPBJWP #YEAH YEAH OKAY OKAY OKAY NORMAL BEHAVIOR #like instead of just waiting he puts his hands on sebs hip and lower back???? okay???????????? #perfectly normal work place behavior imo! (sure sure sure.....) #such a tender soft touch...its okay fernando if youre gonna touch him in the first place you might as well grab him #i love looking at clips thru a shipper's lense bcs every little thing just causes horrific derangement #AND OH YEAH THE HELMET CARESS!!!!!!!!!! OKAY SEBBBBBB!!!! #this one's for C LOL bcs my god we are both losing it #just i cannot put into words my exact thoughts except LOOK AT HIS HANDS OKAY!!!!!! #vettonso #sebastian vettel #fernando alonso #f1 #formula 1 #2011 british gp #2011 is my comfort season okay?? im not worried abt spoilers bcs theres not rly a championship fight. its just good vibes #we do a little bit of f1

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

do you ever imagine what it would be like if instead of just dubbing and losing all the britishness in translation, what had happened with doctor who was national adaptations like they do with game shows like masterchef or whatever or uh skam thats a better comparison, and every country had their own series of doctors, all at different numbers like if the dutch show spinned off when the english was at 4 or smth but we just started with our own dutch doctor number 1

and maybe they'd like start off just sort of copying stories and localising them but then as time goes on these national spin offs would you know start building on their own lore and seasonal arcs that would get removed further and further from the british original until it's like 2024 and you've got 15 national doctor whos running somewhat simultaneously all in different seasons and all preoccupied with INCREDIBLY different stories

it'd be like 'whos your favourite doctor' and you'd be like uh the polish 3rd or the brazilian 12th it's a toss up. what if some countries go through doctors way faster and theyre like on doctor 44 and youre like WHAT are they DOING to them

and can you imagne the fucking CNAONS can yuo IMAGINE can you IMAGINE the FANDOM when SOMEone decided to make looms canon and all the losers come out of the woodwork to say well thats not REALLY canon bc it's not the british version. imagine the localisations, the reinforcements of every countrys national history. what would countries who have more history being colonised than colonising do with gallifrey. how would every Important PartTM of the show be transformed by the perspective of another team. what even are identified as the Important PartsTM of the show. maybe one country decides the tardis should change appearance every week. maybe one country is like we're just gonna put all the edas on television. the amount of OPINIONS can you imagine

#anyway im gonna think about who i'd want to play dutch doctor who now #i dont think i know enough dutch actors i dont watch a lot of dutch tv fhkjghjkh #it's fun to imagine tho #if only bc we'd get 10 times the doctor who #i think it's just interesting to think about bc doctor who is so british #like to think about okay what would WE do with this #what would dutch doctor who look like #what are the national values that would be revealed #also just to see so many more actors get a chance at the role would be really fun #to compare stories #like parallel timelines

[thetimelordbatgirl]

And now we're gotten to the point terf's are claiming now our choice of toys is biological based, aka somehow our hormones choose our toys I guess.

#uk politics #british politics #cass review #okay by this logic: i'm cis #i liked to play with dolls...but i also liked to play with doctor who toys aka the boy toys #what does that say about my gender terfs #come on now #hell nowadays im into collecting both gender stuff as been collecting MH dolls but also transformers #like out of all the arguments to put in their terf review #that was put in there #wonder what that'll do for future kids who like toys that are deemed the opposite of their gender #since labor wants to implement this shit somehow

[skimmeh]

Hello yes, take this third life Grian doodle

His wings are clipped to make it a fair fight

#my art #my doodles #mcyt #3rd life #3rd life smp #mcyt grian #grian #i like the idea of him having his wings forcably taken off him before he joined the games #all fallen angle type beat #but im also an artist that REALLY enjoys drawing wings #so i stubbornly couldn't part with not drawing them #so clipped it is!!! #also hes based off a bird called a merlin #i really like my British bird knowledge okay

[wolvierinez]

i keep forgetting ppl dont know i wanna do commissions. so . here .

note all these prices are subject to change depending on what you want drawn.

i dont do nsfw or gore or anything gross. i also don't do mechas or robots (but thats because i am learning to draw them)

here are some examples of my work. if you're interested in getting something like any of these, shoot me a dm and ill get on it asap!

if you have any questions feel free to shoot me a dm either here or on my discord (mxseek) (i will probably see your message on discord faster !! tumblr never really notifies me when i have a dm for some reason)

#my art #commissions #commission info #pinned #i still offer shit mspaint doodles at the same price but i figured more people would be interested in things i put. effort into. so #i hope the conversions are okay. i included both dollars and pounds bc im british but i think a lot of ppl on here are american. so

[kaladinkholins]

Seeing fan discussions about Blue Eye Samurai and especially Mizu's identity is so annoying sometimes. So let me just talk about it real quick.

First off, I have to emphasise that different interpretations of the text are always important when discussing fiction. That's how the whole branch of literary studies came to be, and what literary criticism and analysis is all about: people would each have their own interpretation of what the text is saying, each person applying a different lens or theory through which to approach the text (ie. queer theory, feminist theory, reader response theory, postcolonial theory, etc) when analysing it. And while yes, you can just take everything the authors say as gospel, strictly doing so would leave little room for further analysis and subjective interpretation, and both of these are absolutely necessary when having any meaningful discussion about a piece of media.

With that being said, when discussing Blue Eye Samurai, and Mizu's character in particular, I always see people only ever interpret her through a queer lens. Because when discussing themes of identity, yes, a queer reading can definitely apply, and in Mizu's story, queer themes are definitely present. Mizu has to hide her body and do her best to pass in a cisheteronormative society; she presents as a man 99% of the time and is shown to be more comfortable in men's spaces (sword-fighting) than in female spaces (homemaking). Thus, there's nothing wrong with a queer reading at all. Hell, some queer theorists interpret Jo March from Little Women as transmasc and that's totally valid, because like all analyses, they are subjective and argumentative; you have the choice to agree with an interpretation or you can oppose it and form your own.

To that end, I know many are equally adamant that Mizu is strictly a woman, and that's also also a completely valid reading of the text, and aligns with the canon "Word of God", as the creators' intention was to make her a woman. And certainly, feminist themes in the show are undeniably present and greatly colour the narrative, and Episode 4 & 5 are the clearest demonstrations of this: Mizu's protectiveness of Madame Kaji and her girls, Mizu's trauma after killing Kinuyo, her line to Akemi about how little options women have in life, and the way her husband had scorned her for being more capable than him in battle.

I myself personally fall into the camp of Mizu leaning towards womanhood, so i tend to prefer to use she/her pronouns for her, though I don't think she's strictly a cis woman, so I do still interpret her under the non-binary umbrella. But that's besides my point.

My gripe here, and the thing that spurred me to write this post, is that rarely does this fandom even touch upon the more predominant themes of colonialism and postcolonial identities within the story. So it definitely irks me when people say that the show presenting Mizu being cishet is "boring." While it's completely fine to have your opinion and to want queer rep, a statement like that just feels dismissive of the rest of the representation that the show has to offer. And it's frustrating because I know why this is a prevalent sentiment; because fandom culture is usually very white, so of course a majority of the fandom places greater value on a queer narrative (that aligns only with Western ideas of queerness) over a postcolonial, non-Western narrative.

And that relates to how, I feel, people tend to forget, or perhaps just downplay, that the crux of Mizu's internal conflict and her struggle to survive is due to her being mixed-race.

Because while she can blend in rather seamlessly into male society by binding and dressing in men's clothing and lowering her voice and being the best goddamn swordsman there is, she cannot hide her blue eyes. Even with her glasses, you can still see the colour of her eyes from her side profile, and her glasses are constantly thrown off her face in battle. Her blue eyes are the central point to her marginalisation and Otherness within a hegemonic society. It's why everyone calls her ugly or a monster or a demon or deformed; just because she looks different. She is both white and Japanese but accepted in neither societies. Her deepest hatred of herself stems primarily from this hybridised and alienated identity. It's the whole reason why she's so intent on revenge and started learning the way of the sword in the first place; not to fit in better as a man, but to kill the white men who made her this way. These things are intrinsic to her character and to her arc.

Thus, to refuse to engage with these themes and dismiss the importance of how the representation of her racial Otherness speaks to themes of colonialism and racial oppression just feels tone-deaf to the show's message. Because even if Mizu is a cishet woman in canon, that doesn't make her story any less important, because while you as a white queer person living in the West may feel unrepresented, it is still giving a voice to the stories of people of colour, mixed-race folks, and the myriad of marginalised racial/ethnic/cultural groups in non-Western societies.

#blue eye samurai #mizu blue eye samurai #fandom critical #blue eye samurai meta #wank.mp3 #shut up haydar #fandom.rtf #this is a bit of rant but the prevalent whiteness of fandom in general just gets on my nerves i'm sorry #giving me flashbacks to a:tla fandom fr cuz it's the same shit! people love to devalue the stories of non-white non-western identities #also to be clear i am a southeast asian living in southeast asia and similar to mizu i am often alienated for having mixed ethnic ancestry #and even for speaking english (bcs my granddad served the fuckin. british colonials. so my fam speaks mostly in english) #cuz where im from it's still extremely hegemonic racist patriarchal misogynistic homophobic like the setting in the show #so like even though the story is set in historical japan and may seem far-removed from the experiences of a US or european audience #those of us outside the west and in the global south still face a lot of the struggles that mizu goes through till this very day #so please dont just dismiss that. it feels incredibly tone-deaf #okay rant over

[tinukis]

acesan and lusan are very cool and enjoyable i love both a lot

but what about sabosan.... think about it (please)

both similar in multiple ways

born in a royal/noble family and absolutely Loathes them and wished they were never born from such family

aesthetically they fit rlly well

certainly ace can understand sanji's self worth issues Deeply. and luffy well... he was basically the light sanji needed. luffy didn't like him just for his cooking, but he was especially interested because of sanji's kindness

sabo can heavily relate to royal/noble problems and refuses to ever be considered one. AND THEY BOTH PROTECTED THE ONES THEY LOVED BY STICKING TO THEIR FAMILY'S SIDE.

and also the uncanny similarities to both his brothers ace and luffy... ace especially now that sabo has inherited his powers. they're both different though. sabo seems a little bit more proper and has this unique charm. and the love/care he has for luffy is so... fond? he seems to have a more tamer way of approaching things (till sanji realizes hes not That tame and is a hot head/rages easy.)

sabo has a goal and he's somewhat more kept together than his other brothers. hes resolve is outstanding as a freedom fighter AND hes the second commander of the revolutionary army??? fucking SWOONS (ok lowkey this just mostly me on my knees for sabo but not my fault im in love w each ASL brothers)

and like just... imagine sabo and sanji meeting for the first time. sabo introduces himself to sanji similar to what ace did.... and lighting up his cigarette but maybe a little closer 👀

sabo walking up to sanji, who is a bit startled with sabo's height- towering over him... and his finger is light with fire and just casually lights sanji's cigarette with the softest smile he's ever seen what the FUCK

and sabo's reaction to sanji yelling at luffy and usopp is a little different yet similar to ace's too... sabo chuckling and saying "hey why don't you go a little easier on 'em? they're still young." he just sounds so sweet... and in his eyes you could just tell he's reminiscing on the past.

"if i did, they'd never learn... not that they ever learn."

"would you like a hand?"

im so hfjhwmdhwjwww

#tin talks #sabosan #sanbo #???? #idk #sabo #sanji #i have thoughts sometimes #i love these white men #but why they french and british #smh smh #anyway if i feel like it i'll draw sabosan #maybe idk no guarantees #okay but im not the only one who sees how insane sabo looks when hes angry #like oh my god??? #anyway #my fav sabo ship is actually saboala but this isnt abt them #also ftm sabo is real to me actually #anyway hcs and rambling in the tags oopsies #one piece #i have brainrot

[romehoe-montague]

magnus archives fancasts from my instagram story ???

#this is just how i picture the characters please do not come for me #i know harvey isnt british but im okay with martin not being british if it means i get mexican martin #because i need him to be just like me fr #somebody please make this adaptation #jonathan sims #sasha james #martin blackwood #daisy tonner #tim stoker #basira hussain #melanie king #elias bouchard #georgie barker #peter lukas #the magnus archives #magnus archives fancast #tma #the magnus institute

[zarvasace]

Please appreciate the effort I put into the patterned trims thank you

#my art #four swords #fsa them #fs vampire lords au #okay but the medieval clothing research i did made me so happy #im gonna do some more #eventually #i should work on balancing the detail #but it was fun #i took details and the shape of blue's tunic from something a bit more scandinavian #red is based on some mid medieval french illustrations #greens outfit is more from late medieval to renaissance german #ish #and vio is closer to early medieval british saxon stuff kinda #really loose but that direction

[medichamcham]

cant fucking sleep so i wanna talk about something. this emote of rose in masters is SO funny to me

because it makes me fucking think of this gif. evokes the same emotions .

#medi.txt #a little thing that i like about rose is his 'delicate' sense of body language. typical dainty posh high class british man. #the way he does it specifically is very cute. rose is so cute. ugh. FUCK. fuck............... #okay im gonna try to sleep again... lol

[measuredmotion]

NEW ✨ Another portion of stills from The Tattooist of Auschwitz with JONAH HAUER-KING, ANNA PRÓCHNIAK, and JONAS NAY published in The Times UK

#jonah hauer king #the tattooist of auschwitz #anna próchniak #british actor #polish actress #tv series #IM NOT OKAY 😭

[laz-laz-ace-pilot]

So I got a response from my MP about the genocide in Gaza yesterday.

Some context; my MP is Tobias Ellwood, who is largely known for two things; being the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Middle East (this will be relevant later) and trying to save a policeman's life during an attack on Westminster. More recently though, he's been better known for trying to reintroduce conscription, describing his £90,000 salary as 'counting the pennies', running over a neighbour's cat, and trying to ban protests at his home.

Under increasing pressure, he sent out a generalised email yesterday in response to people calling for a ceasefire and well...

... Thank you for your email, I have received a large volume of correspondences on this matter and hope my response can set out my position in more detail. Firstly, you are right to highlight the appalling situation in Gaza caused by the Israeli Prime Minister’s cack-handed and ill thought out invasion. Hamas has lost its right to represent the people of Gaza – but this is not the way towards securing a two state solution. It has simply led to escalation. I warned Israel (after the barbaric attacks on the 7th October but BEFORE the IDF tanks rolled in) NOT to invade until there was a clear plan of governance and security for which any military operation can work towards that minimised the danger to innocent lives and ensured the removal of Hamas. I even wrote a plan that might be considered – published in Politico which I invite you to read: https://www.politico.eu/article/israel-gaza-hamas-uk-benjamin-netanyahu-we-need-a-plan/ The scale of collateral damage is shocking, and I’m pleased international voices (including the UK) are getting louder in criticising Israel. But the only country with the ability to alter Israel’s behaviour is the United States, and behind the scenes they are making their views heard but more needs to be done. On the question of arms sales, I’ve asked for more information on what is being sold. The call to block all arms sales is understandable – but it could have wider economic consequences. Licences are valued at £500m versus overall trade with Israel (including many businesses from Dorset) worth £9bn. Would such action in cutting arms sale alter Netanyahu’s behaviour? Or would we lose precious leverage in speaking and influencing privately? Away from Netanyahu’s appalling response - Israel is an important UK ally and rare democratic state in a troubled part of the world. It requires wise decision making to leverage our influence efficiently. I’d prefer to see consideration of halting specific military exports IF they are involved with IDF’s operations in Gaza. I am seeking clarity in what that is from my relevant ministerial colleagues.

UK funding for UNWRA has NOT been cut. I have checked with the Minister and there was a question raised about FUTURE funding – but right now there is no question of programmes stopping because UK money has been switched off. I have made my views clear. The speed in which threats to turn off future funding were made was ill-considered. Over 13,000 UNRWA staff work in Gaza. Involvement by a dozen with HAMAS (now being investigated by the UN Chief) should not jeopardise the critical work of the most senior UN agency working in such desperate conditions.

Finally, the call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire. Yes, I would like to support this. It’s where this terrible conflict must eventually go. But having been involved in a few cease fires, whilst serving in the British Army, could I spell out some issues which must be in place at the same time.

Cease fires are not something you shout from afar and they just happen.

A Cease fire is the title to a list of agreements BOTH sides have signed up to - that results in a cessation of fighting in order to give space for other activities to take place.

If BOTH warring parties do not support a cease fire (and conditions) – but are intent on continuing the fighting it will not happen. Both HAMAS and Israel are at present intent to keep fighting.

Fighting can be stopped by a third party/force which marches in the separate sides and enforce the peace. I suspect this is NOT what you are calling for.

The details of any ceasefire are almost always arbitrated by a third party / parties. And usually come after a number of rounds of discussions. Such discussions are happening in Egypt and Qatar – but to date little progress has been made.

Details of any ceasefire will include:

Time frames of commencement of ceasefire.

3rd party monitoring teams (UK might play a role here).

No fly zones, buffer zones, humanitarian corridors

Emergency procedures to quash any breaches by individuals seeking to see the ceasefire fail.

agreed incentives to help the cease fire last (outside funding/ hostage release /humanitarian support infrastructure repair) for activities to take place to build trust.

6. All the above supported by an international legal framework – usually in the form of a UN resolution. 7. Agreement on round table discussions to discuss the long term solutions. As you can see a ‘cease fire’ is simple to demand from afar – less simple to implement in practice. And easy to challenge Western governments about why one is not in place. It is worth remembering that such agreements are occasionally signed up to as opportunity for one side or both re-group and re-arm which is something we must be particularly weary of. I hope, if you have read this far – you will appreciate the context of an Opposition party – calling for a vote on a ceasefire. Perhaps it’s an important political statement. But as I highlight above there are practical implications, which, if I am honest are not discussed in detail. The discussion then boils down to an over-simplistic binary position on supporting the people of Gaza without consideration of the magnitude of obstacles to overcome if a meaningful ceasefire was to be introduced. I so dislike such binary and divisive politics, yet right now that’s how the debate on Wednesday is shaping up. We should be better than this. I will push for a cease fire in the context I’ve outlined above. I will think carefully how I will vote. If this is just about having another pop at the Government for political gain – I will probably stay away. The people of Gaza deserve better. I plan visit Rafah in the next couple of weeks. Thanks again for getting in touch. I apologise about the long response. There is nothing simple about conflict and indeed ending it.

Kind regards, Tobias

I just... I don't think I could write a more condescending, twisted or imperialist response if I tried. The bit about the not suspending arms deals, the 'explanation' of ceasefires/ cease fires, the grammatical and spelling errors. I've been trying to write a concise response for the last hour and I just can't. The only positive is that the growing pressure does seen to be getting to him.

There is another vote on a ceasefire today. Please keep pressuring your MPs. It is slow work but its getting there.

#uk politics #free palestine #free gaza #given that it was a copy paste response I think im okay to post it on here #and people should be aware of the attitude of british mps to this crisis

[eightyuh]

◇ Self-Inflicted Achromatic / 自傷無色 / Jishou Mushoku by Nekobolo ◇ Colorful Stage / Project Sekai - 25時、ナイトコードで Version ◇ Vocaloid Oliver Cover by EightyUh

#vocaloid oliver #oliver vocaloid #vocaloid #vocal synth #project sekai #hatsune miku colorful stage #nightcord at 25:00 #my music #EVERY YEAR WHEN ITS OLIVER'S ANNIVERSARY I AM ALLOWED TO GO CRAZY OKAY ITS THE LAW #IM MAKING IT UR PROBLEM FOR A DAY #do u know how hard it is to get a BRITISH english vocal synth to sing in japanese btw

[raceweek]

alex on the main stage at silverstone saying my mum conceived me at silverstone in that bar over there im-

#HELPFJDK #okay tag edit bc i posted this whilst at silverstone in a literal scrum of people and couldn’t really elaborate #he was joking when he said this fkdjfkdjdk at least im 99% sure he was #it was like ‘alex ur thai-british this is a home race for you smth smth’ #and then alex was like yeah i was born here or im from here or smth #and then laura said at silverstone specifically and he was like yeah i was conceived in that bar over there #and then everyone was like. bro. and i was like. head in my hands where are your one million instagram fans #alex albon #silverstone 2022 #nicole goes silvo x